[Python-checkins] cpython: Close #17931: Fix PyLong_FromPid() on Windows 64-bit: processes are identified

Tue Jun 4 23:57:58 CEST 2013

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2298bcba6ec9
changeset: 84026:2298bcba6ec9
user: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>
date: Tue Jun 04 23:56:38 2013 +0200
summary:
 Close #17931: Fix PyLong_FromPid() on Windows 64-bit: processes are identified
by their HANDLE which is a pointer (and not a long, which is smaller).
files:
 Include/pyport.h | 4 ----
 Misc/NEWS | 4 ++++
 PC/pyconfig.h | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Include/pyport.h b/Include/pyport.h
--- a/Include/pyport.h
+++ b/Include/pyport.h
@@ -219,10 +219,6 @@
 /* Smallest negative value of type Py_ssize_t. */
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_MIN (-PY_SSIZE_T_MAX-1)
 
-#if SIZEOF_PID_T > SIZEOF_LONG
-# error "Python doesn't support sizeof(pid_t) > sizeof(long)"
-#endif
-
 /* PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T is a platform-specific modifier for use in a printf
 * format to convert an argument with the width of a size_t or Py_ssize_t.
 * C99 introduced "z" for this purpose, but not all platforms support that;
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #17931: Fix PyLong_FromPid() on Windows 64-bit: processes are
+ identified by their HANDLE which is a pointer (and not a long, which is
+ smaller).
+
 - Tweak the exception message when the magic number or size value in a bytecode
 file is truncated.
 
diff --git a/PC/pyconfig.h b/PC/pyconfig.h
--- a/PC/pyconfig.h
+++ b/PC/pyconfig.h
@@ -723,6 +723,9 @@
 /* The size of `wchar_t', as computed by sizeof. */
 #define SIZEOF_WCHAR_T 2
 
+/* The size of `pid_t' (HANDLE). */
+#define SIZEOF_PID_T SIZEOF_VOID_P
+
 /* Define if you have the dl library (-ldl). */
 /* #undef HAVE_LIBDL */
 
-- 
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
